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10 Questions with Dan Harary, author of My Paranormal Life
10 Questions with Dan Harary, author of My Paranormal Life Dan, My Paranormal Life, really? What’s going on here?I know, I know, it sounds really wacky, right? But after sitting down with myself for 18 months jotting down a list of all of the truly odd, bizarre, and often inexplicable experiences I’ve had since a very young age, and especially after my long-dead grandfather visited me decades after he passed away, I simply came to the realization that sometimes paranormal and supernatural events really CAN happen to people in real life. There are a million reality-based TV shows these days...
Two New "Budget Biomorph" Book Reviews
TWO NEW REVIEWS:https://kaijuunited.com/2024/01/30/review-budget-biomorphs-the-making-of-the-guyver-films/ https://www.attackfromplanetb.com/2024/03/budget-biomorphs-the-making-of-the-guyver-films-review-dom-obriens-tantalising-tokusatsu-tome/
An Invitation to Bruce Belland's SoCal Friends
On Friday, May 17th the GRAMMY MUSEUM will present: “A Conversation with BRUCE BELLAND” Click on the link below to learn more about this evening of nostalgic anecdotes and rambunctious recollections plus an audience Q and A followed by a book signing, meet and greet, etc. Seating is limited. https://thefourpreps.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5a4c9169eb0c1441b1c3768e7&id=cc3a15dee3&e=6b04f40768
From the May issue of the Los Angeles Jazz Scene
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DANNY ALGUIRE’S LOST MEMOIRS It is a bit of a miracle that this book, Dust Bowl To Disney, exists. Danny Alguire (1912-92) is today mostly remembered as being the trumpeter with the always-popular Firehouse Five Plus Two during 1949-71. He wrote his memoirs in the 1980s, sent the typed manuscript to his friend William McDonald, and then it was forgotten and assumed to be lost. Decades later it was discovered in the McDonald family archives and, after a four-month search trying to locate him, it was sent to Alguire’s son. It is a blessing that the book has finally been...
Q&A with Frank Dietz, author of
Q&A with Frank Dietz What inspired you when you were younger?The first movie I remember seeing was ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, and it had a major impact on me, one that has lasted every decade since. The Universal monster films, Hammer horror films and Ray Harryhausen movies were all inspirational, along with authors like Richard Matheson and Ray Bradbury. Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine was like a roadmap pointing the way to my career.Why did you decide to write a memoir?For several years I have been doing live commentaries at screenings of the horror movies I appeared in. The...